Where does “sestertius” come from?

sestertius (English) comes from Latin sēstertius, from Latin sēmis, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

sestertius (English): A large bronze or small silver coin minted...

Definitions

  1. A large bronze or small silver coin minted...

Ancestry of “sestertius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēstertiussesterce small coin worth 2 and a half [[as#Latin
2Latinsēmisa half, a half-unit
3Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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